ULTA · Ulta Beauty Inc
Price
Snapshot
50 fields · last close| Market Cap | $24.76B |
| P/E | 20.49 |
| Float | 42.89M |
| Beta | 0.86 |
| Volatility | 21.5% |
| Exchange | NASDAQ |
| Sector | Retail |
| Cap tier | Large cap |
| Macro sensitivity | Moderate |
| Clavix score | 78.4 |
| Price | 584.58 |
| Change | +0.96% |
| Prev Close | 579.00 |
| Open | 570.95 |
| Day Low | 570.95 |
| Day High | 583.67 |
| Avg Vol | 0 |
| Avg $ Vol | $224.6M |
| 52W High | 714.97 |
| 52W Low | 443.60 |
| 52W Pos | 52.0% |
| From High | −18.24% |
| From Low | +31.78% |
| Max DD 1Y | −36.23% |
| Spread | 0.10% |
| Liquidity | Normal |
| SMA 20 | +6.23% |
| SMA 50 | +7.80% |
| SMA 200 | +5.46% |
| RSI (14) | 65.8 |
| Vol 30D | 24.5% |
| Vol 90D | 32.5% |
| 1Y Range | 444–715 |
| Daily bars | 533 |
| Perf Week | +5.79% |
| Perf Month | +5.53% |
| Perf Quarter | +24.21% |
| Perf Half Y | +8.61% |
| Perf Year | +5.41% |
| Perf YTD | −5.72% |
| Prev Day | +0.96% |
| Clavix | B+ |
| Debt / Eq | 0.02 |
| Curr Ratio | 1.41 |
| Int Cover | 111.8× |
| FCF Margin | 8.6% |
| Rev Growth | +9.7% |
| Profit | Profitable |
| Leverage | Low |
| Sector rank | 14 / 49 |
What ULTA does
Ulta Beauty, Inc. operates as a specialty beauty retailer in the United States, Mexico, and Kuwait.
The company offers branded and private label beauty products, including cosmetics, fragrance, haircare, skincare, bath and body products, professional hair products, and salon styling tools through its Ulta Beauty stores, shop-in-shops, Ulta.com website, and its mobile applications.
It also provides wellness products. The company was formerly known as ULTA Salon, Cosmetics & Fragrance, Inc. and changed its name to Ulta Beauty, Inc. in January 2017.
Ulta Beauty, Inc. was incorporated in 1990 and is based in Bolingbrook, Illinois.
Clavix risk grade
regraded every trading dayULTA grades B+, 78.4 of 100. Steadiest on Sector Resilience (71), most exposed on Price Stability (62, mixed). 4 of the 4 weighted dimensions sit above the Retail median. Ranks 14 of 49 in Retail by Clavix score.
How rough the ride is
| ULTA | Retail median | |
|---|---|---|
| Betavs the overall market · lower is steadier | 0.86 | 1.06 |
| Volatilityannualized | 21.5% | 26.5% |
| Max drawdown, past yearworst peak-to-trough fall | −36.2% | — |
| Typical daily movemedian absolute daily change | 1.21% | — |
| Days beyond ±3%of the last 252 sessions | 25 (10%) | — |
How its days are spread
Daily returns over the last 252 sessions in 1% bins. Moves beyond ±6% land in the end bins.
52-week range
The bar runs from the lowest to the highest close of the last 252 sessions; the marker is the latest close.
Drawdown from the 1-year peak
Percent below the running high over the last 12 months. Zero is a fresh high.
Market sensitivity
| ULTA | Retail median | |
|---|---|---|
| Beta to the markethow much it swings with the S&P 500 · lower is safer | 0.86 | 1.06 |
| Macro sensitivityrate, dollar and credit exposure bucket | Moderate | Moderate 38% of 50 |
Where it sits on the macro scale
Low means rates, the dollar and credit spreads barely move it. Very High means they drive a large share of its swings. The counts are how many Retail names sit in each bucket.
Where it ranks in its sector
Rank by Clavix score within the sector. Right is the top of the sector.
Price performance
| ULTA | |
|---|---|
| 1 week | +5.8% |
| 1 month | +5.5% |
| Year to date | −5.7% |
| 1 year | +5.4% |
Context for the rank, not itself a risk measure.
Recent coverage, scored
| ULTA | |
|---|---|
| Articles scoredthe most recent scored coverage, up to 30 | 30 since 10 Sep |
| Average score0 most bearish, 100 most bullish | 54 |
| Bullish · bearisharticles above 60 · below 40 | 17 · 9 |
| Directionarticles whose tone is improving vs worsening | 17 ↑ 9 ↓ |
Where the article scores land
Each bar is a 10-point band of article scores. Below 40 reads bearish, above 60 bullish.
Balance sheet, against the sector
The shaded band is the middle half of the 50 Retail names Clavix covers; the tick is the sector median.
Growth
| ULTA | |
|---|---|
| Revenue growthyear over year | +9.7% |
Financial Health is shown but does not count toward the grade. Why
0–100, higher is safer. The tick on each bar is the Retail median. Click a dimension for the evidence behind it. Financial Health is shown but does not count toward the grade.
Recent news
most recent scored articles · the chip is the article’s score · click to openSinger Tate McRae is launching her first fragrance, called Tate 01, with Scent Beauty. The scent will first be sold directly to consumers, then enter Ulta Beauty's website on Oct. 16 and its stores on Oct. 25.
The article profiles Bobbi Brown's beauty brand Jones Road Beauty and its retail strategy, noting the company has deliberately stayed out of major retailers including Ulta Beauty, Sephora, and department stores, with Liberty's department store as its sole wholesale account. It focuses on how Brown controls Jones Road's branding, content, and product strategy outside of traditional retail channels.
Ulta Beauty raised its financial outlook for fiscal 2026 after a better-than-expected second quarter and stronger e-commerce sales, setting higher expectations for the rest of the year.
Ulta Beauty raised its financial outlook for fiscal year 2026, citing stronger-than-expected online sales growth and second-quarter results that came in ahead of estimates.
An analyst article maintains a Buy rating on Ulta Beauty, citing growth plans including expanding Ulta's own-brand products, entering the wellness category, and developing online and international sales. The article also points to raised full-year 2026 guidance and strong finances including aggressive share buybacks.
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